pick
verb (PLAY INSTRUMENT) /pɪk/Definition
› [T] When you pick a string on a guitar or similar instrument, you pull it quickly and release it suddenly with your fingers to produce a note.Playing musicSinging in general
(Definition of pick verb (PLAY INSTRUMENT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- accompaniment noun (MUSIC)
- accompany verb (PLAY MUSIC)
- beat verb (MOVEMENT)
- busk verb
- fiddle verb (INSTRUMENT)
- fingering noun
- improvisation noun
- interpreter noun (EXPRESSING)
- jam verb (MUSIC)
- music noun
- perform verb (ENTERTAIN)
- raise the roof idiom
- serenade verb
- sight-read verb
- strike up (sth) phrasal verb
- strum verb
- swell noun (SOUND)
- swell verb
- tune noun (MUSICAL NOTES)
- tune verb (INSTRUMENT)
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